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100 _aKim, Sebastian C. H.
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245 0 _aIn search of identity: debates on religious conversion in India/
_cSebastian C.H. Kim
260 _aNew Delhi:
_bOxford University Press,
_c2006.
300 _axi, 250 p. ;
_c24 cm.
440 _a(Oxford India paperbacks)
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505 _aIntroduction: Christian mission and the problem of conversion in India. -- Debates on conversion under the British Raj. -- Debates on conversion in the Indian Constituent Assembly, 1947-1979 -- Debates on missionary activity and freedom of religion in independent India, 1954-1979. -- The debates on conversion among Protestant theologians in India, 1966-1971. -- The Catholic debates on conversion in the 1960s and 1970s. -- World evangelization, Hindurva, and the debate provoked by Arun Shourie, 1994-1995. -- The debate on conversion initiated by the Sangh Parivar, 1998-1999. -- Conclusion: Human righta, and religious conversion in India. -- Appendices. The proceedings of the debate on conversion in the constituent assemble, 1947-1949. -- Summary of recommendations of the report of the Christian Missionary activities enquiry Committee. -- The Orissa Freedom of Religion Act 1967. -- The Madhya Pradesh Dharma Swatantrya Adhiniyam, 1968. -- The Arunachal Pradesh Freedom of Indigenous Faith Act, 1978. -- Freedom of Religion Bill introduced in the Parliament.
650 _aReligion and politics
650 _aConversion
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